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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10131

4 May 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/european elections
Andrew Duff proposes fundamental reform of European elections with creation of pan-European lists

Brussels, 03/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - British MEP Andrew Duff (ALDE) will set out his ideas on far-reaching reform of European elections from 2014 for the European Parliament constitutional affairs committee on Tuesday 4 May. The most eye-catching point is to create a pan-European constituency from which 25 additional MEPs will be elected. The aim is to increase public interest in the European elections (turn-out has fallen from 63% in the first direct elections in 1979 to 43% in 2009), to...

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